A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 273 km SW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (170 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60008h5z. Ids that are associated to the event: us60008h5z. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 153.7 km (96 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/03/20 / 2020-03-17 14:24:04 / March 17, 2020 @ 2:24 pm. The temblor was reported at 00:24:04 / 12:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 153.6348° East, 48.8206° North, depth 153.7 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 273 km SW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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